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OUR pROGAM

MOVING SCHOOL NEPAL 2019

Theme: “Empowering Youth as Caretaker for Ecological Sustainability, Interreligious/Cultural Cooperation & Peace in Nepal and Asia”

November 18th – 23rd, 2019

Kathmandu, Nepal

CONCEPT NOTE

BACKGROUND

On 25th September 2015, 193 countries of the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development which contains 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The first and the foremost Sustainable Development goal is to “End Poverty in all forms everywhere”. There should not be any doubt that poor nations and marginalized people are more severely vulnerable to effects of environmental damage. Poor people are the most undefended ones when it comes to the effects of environmental pollution, climate change and global warming. It is very important for everyone to recognize that poverty and environmental issues are interrelated.

Climate change and threats to the integrity of creation have become the significant challenge of the multifaceted crises that we have to confront. Climate change directly impacts peoples’ livelihoods, endangers the existence of small island states, reduces the availability of fresh water and diminishes Earth’s biodiversity. It has far-reaching impacts on food security, the health of people and the living habits of growing part of population. Due to climate change, life in its many forms as we know it can be irreversibly changed within the span of a few decades. Climate change leads to the displacement of people, to the increase of forced climate migration, and to armed conflicts. Global warming and ecological destruction become more and more a question of life or death.

 

PURPOSE

Facing such serious challenges, ALL Forum realized the need to strengthening our young leaders with a wisdom and insight in order to put their ideas and visions into practice at the grass-root level to cope with the urgent challenges.

The “Moving school” for Youth in Nepal will focus more on empowerment for them in the name of “solidarity” in order to ensure dialogue and collaboration among youth with different background, traditions and religions to find solutions of the problems in their society. It also puts stresses on strengthening the young ones’ Christian identity among Church workers in Nepal in relation to the process of creative intercultural and inter religious encounter.

Inwardly, solidarity should be made manifest with increased laity involvement in decision making at all levels of the Church in order to serve the poor and marginalized people in the country. To achieve this goal, ALL Forum will promote various formation programs especially for young lay leaders. We employ the Catholic Social Teachings (CSTs) as main tool, as well as the spirit or principles of FABC like “Triple dialogue” and “Pastoral spiral” which is a dialectical methodology “from below”. As an effective spiritual formation, the Youth Forum places much emphasis on the religious identity amid the all-things-mixed global world. Strengthening the Christian identity of the young is very urgent and relevant because they need to be conscious of their role in peace-building and serving people in needs. Below are the purposes of Moving School in general:

  • Providing a New Vision and Spirit for Lay leaders based on FABC & CSTs: This Forum will be based on “integral human development” often expressed in Joy of the Gospel and Laudato Si.
  • Providing “Asian Theologies and spirituality” based on the Context of Nepal: The program will encourage lay people to become good church workers and activists by reflecting their concrete lives in the light of the Bible, their concrete lives reflected in the dialogues with poor, diverse cultures and religions. 
  • Providing Spirit and Ways to Champion for Peace: Aware of the importance and urgency of human rights as a result of peace in many fields more and more, young lay leaders are invited to learn and be a champion for human rights. 

TIME TABLE

The format of the MOVING SCHOOL program is Workshop, Field Trip, Cultural Exploration & Visitation. Read more the program detail schedule here. 

DOCUMENTATION

Some photos of the Moving School Nepal 2019 program.